http://ascending.aminus3.com/ Simple Photos - Recent Comments Recent visitor comments from Michael's daily photoblog. Michael en Copyright 2008 Michael http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-26.html?comment=1#c1114273 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-26.html?comment=1#c1114273 Ana Lúcia (Portugal) Just excellent! So delicate! And, most importantly, I love the light you've caught here!

]]> Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:05:10 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-26.html?comment=1#c1114240 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-26.html?comment=1#c1114240 Observing (United Kingdom) Nice shot Michael, and a good idea. I think grousers suggestion is a valid one as the marble is the main element ;)

]]> Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:50:45 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-26.html?comment=1#c1113917 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-26.html?comment=1#c1113917 grouser (United Kingdom) Nice illumination in the glass. I would have cropped it closer, perhaps as a landscape. When I scroll down and just have the marble in the frame it has more impact to my mind. What do you think?

]]> Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:56:14 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-25.html?comment=1#c1112865 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-25.html?comment=1#c1112865 SKHallisey (Canada) great sunset

]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:03:26 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-25.html?comment=1#c1112613 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-25.html?comment=1#c1112613 Laurie (United States) Very minimalist. Interesting and effective photo.

]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:33:19 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-25.html?comment=1#c1111456 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-25.html?comment=1#c1111456 Tracey (United States) What a delicious and rich image. So peaceful. The ray of reflected light draws me in!

]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:12:24 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-25.html?comment=1#c1111328 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-25.html?comment=1#c1111328 Cia (Sweden) Lovely image! Great light

]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:48:23 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-25.html?comment=1#c1111256 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-25.html?comment=1#c1111256 grouser (United Kingdom) Beautifully exposed.

]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:20:50 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-24.html?comment=1#c1108389 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-24.html?comment=1#c1108389 grouser (United Kingdom) Great shot Michael. The limited colour palette highlights the drama.

]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:47:18 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-23.html?comment=1#c1107580 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-23.html?comment=1#c1107580 Edward James (United States) Wow this looks like the view I have from a window in my house. Brilliant photo. Great colors.

]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:54:53 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-23.html?comment=1#c1107555 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-23.html?comment=1#c1107555 Michael (United States) Thanks for all of the comments.

]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:32:44 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-23.html?comment=1#c1106817 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-23.html?comment=1#c1106817 Cia (Sweden) Beautiful picture! Very nice color. Great done

]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:16:10 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-23.html?comment=1#c1106424 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-23.html?comment=1#c1106424 Steven (United States) A beautiful capture of a sunset sky that has almost a red, white and blue look to it. I love the lights that are peeking just above the tree line.

]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:02:31 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-23.html?comment=1#c1106207 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-23.html?comment=1#c1106207 linus. (Singapore) nice blend of colors. haha looks like a painting.

]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:29:13 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-23.html?comment=1#c1105959 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-23.html?comment=1#c1105959 grouser (United Kingdom) Beautiful colours and fading light. I would have been tempted to crop it a bit more tightly. What do you think?

]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:54:14 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-22.html?comment=1#c1104837 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-22.html?comment=1#c1104837 Laurie (United States) Stunning! Oooh! Aaah!

]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:23:47 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-22.html?comment=1#c1104334 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-22.html?comment=1#c1104334 Aditya (India) Picture postcard perfect

]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:49:25 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-22.html?comment=1#c1103607 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-22.html?comment=1#c1103607 Cia (Sweden) Wonderful picture. Wonderful colors

]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:58:00 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-22.html?comment=1#c1103265 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-22.html?comment=1#c1103265 grouser (United Kingdom) Beautiful. Every one of those firework shots are stunners.

]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:15:24 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-18.html?comment=1#c1096813 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-18.html?comment=1#c1096813 DarkElf (Australia) it's a little on the dark side but the mood you have captured is quite brilliant... the deck leads nicely towards the dramatic blood red tones in the background...

]]> Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:24:45 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-18.html?comment=1#c1095562 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-18.html?comment=1#c1095562 Marie Le Corre (France) J'aurais aimé la voir un tout petit peu plus claire

]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:18:36 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-18.html?comment=1#c1095458 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-18.html?comment=1#c1095458 Steven (United States) A great shot that required a few moments to interpret what I was looking at. The light, color and cloud formations contribute well to an interesting sky.

]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:44:15 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-18.html?comment=1#c1095291 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-18.html?comment=1#c1095291 Infinitum... (United Kingdom) Superb captured Michael, lovely mood!

]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:49:11 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-18.html?comment=1#c1094544 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-18.html?comment=1#c1094544 Hooman (Iran) very well done.i love the colors...

]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:05:33 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-17.html?comment=1#c1094312 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-17.html?comment=1#c1094312 Hooman (Iran) haw beautiful...very nice shot.

]]> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:55:00 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-10.html?comment=1#c1083282 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-10.html?comment=1#c1083282 Laurie (United States) Stunning shot. I am taken by the perspective. Were you on a pier?

]]> Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:18:30 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-10.html?comment=1#c1082851 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-10.html?comment=1#c1082851 Craig (United States) Love it! It is almost as though you are flying right next to the sea bird!

]]> Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:01:08 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2007-04-22.html?comment=1#c1081528 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2007-04-22.html?comment=1#c1081528 Eric Fry (United States) In your 'about' section, you wrote, "I am not an extraordinary photographer and I normally do not take photos of extraordinary subjects." I would have to disagree with the first part of that statement. You have some fantastic images of many things that would normally go unnoticed by many people. That is true talent in my book, and the kind of work I aspire to do one day.

Thanks for having these great photos for me to learn from.

]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:54:31 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2007-04-25.html?comment=1#c1081443 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2007-04-25.html?comment=1#c1081443 Michael (United States) Manon B -- Thanks for the compliment.

]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:10:10 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2007-04-19.html?comment=1#c1081438 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2007-04-19.html?comment=1#c1081438 Michael (United States) amber -- Thanks!

]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:07:02 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-10.html?comment=1#c1081434 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-10.html?comment=1#c1081434 Michael (United States) grouser -- Actually on the side of a cruise boat.

]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:03:24 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2007-04-25.html?comment=1#c1079144 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2007-04-25.html?comment=1#c1079144 Manon B (Canada) Très jolie lumière qui donne une ambiance reposante, bravo!

]]> Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:27:34 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2007-04-19.html?comment=1#c1078029 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2007-04-19.html?comment=1#c1078029 amber (United States) WoW. just wow.

]]> Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:25:12 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-10.html?comment=1#c1077534 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-10.html?comment=1#c1077534 grouser (United Kingdom) Interesting shot. I was trying to work out where you were when you took it. I presume on a cliff rather than hovering in mid air.

]]> Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:05:13 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-09.html?comment=1#c1076906 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-09.html?comment=1#c1076906 Michael Rawluk (Canada) Very cool burst of light.

]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:11:40 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-09.html?comment=1#c1076692 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-09.html?comment=1#c1076692 Michael (United States) Thanks for all of the comments!
grouser -- Yes, they were very consistent. It wasn't a very big fireworks show, and they all exploded in roughly the same area. So I never had to move the camera.

]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:28:52 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-08.html?comment=1#c1076128 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-08.html?comment=1#c1076128 Vincent Bertrand (Canada) Unusual composition (not talking about the crop itself), which place the key element -- the moon -- in a rather strange spot, in regards to thirds. But I like it, it works! Probably because of the diagonal of the clouds, and the vignetting effect in top corners. Nice work (but you could still clone out the dust spots in that sky... to me, it's a somewhat major flaw).

]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:15:51 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-03.html?comment=1#c1076036 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-03.html?comment=1#c1076036 Justin Haaheim (United States) Wow, what an awesome shot. Great capture of the color and waves in the water, and I love the framing with the wall up top. Where is this?

]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:56:04 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-09.html?comment=1#c1075663 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-09.html?comment=1#c1075663 Steven (United States) Great image of a lot of "activity." I think your selection of shutter speed captured it well from the post-launch to the eventual burst of display.

]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:13:43 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-09.html?comment=1#c1075586 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-09.html?comment=1#c1075586 Earnest (United States) Really good photo... something I've not yet hat the courage to try.

]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:14:14 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-09.html?comment=1#c1075500 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-09.html?comment=1#c1075500 grouser (United Kingdom) Another nice shot. I'm impressed that there is no cropping. They must have been very consistent with their placing of the fireworks.

]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:16:34 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-09.html?comment=1#c1075449 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-09.html?comment=1#c1075449 Observing (United Kingdom) Great display, and very well captured.

]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:53:09 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-06.html?comment=1#c1074142 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-06.html?comment=1#c1074142 Michael (United States) Judy, Joy, jean-sebastion, and Laurie -- Thanks for the nice comments.

grouser -- I just set the camera up on a tripod and took one quick shot to make sure I had it aimed properly. I just consistently used 15 to 20 second shutter speeds to get the images. There was no cropping.

]]> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:36:33 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-05.html?comment=1#c1073782 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-05.html?comment=1#c1073782 Jim Mahan (United States) Fantastic image! Viewing your XTi images makes me seriously think about a camera change!

]]> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:02:53 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-06.html?comment=1#c1071465 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-06.html?comment=1#c1071465 Laurie (United States) Beautiful...well done.

]]> Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:49:35 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-06.html?comment=1#c1070888 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-06.html?comment=1#c1070888 grouser (United Kingdom) Beautiful. How did you know where to aim the camera with such precision and when to press the shutter, or is it heavily cropped?

]]> Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:39:28 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-06.html?comment=1#c1070003 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-06.html?comment=1#c1070003 jean-sebastien (Canada) Great fiirework ! hehe

]]> Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:08:04 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-06.html?comment=1#c1069447 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-06.html?comment=1#c1069447 Joy (India) awesome fireworks

]]> Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:03:20 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-06.html?comment=1#c1069283 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-06.html?comment=1#c1069283 Judy (United States) This is a SUPER SHOT!!!

]]> Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:51:05 EST http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-05.html?comment=1#c1067458 http://ascending.aminus3.com/image/2008-07-05.html?comment=1#c1067458 Stefan (Austria) great shot, beautiful!

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